Author's Note: Sorry about the long time you had to wait, guys! Thanks for everyone who reviewed, and to Pumakit (who I think reviewed anyways XD) for asking me yesterday when the next chapter would come out! This chapter is dedicated to Kylyn, A Sweet Dream, bloomforever, Drifting Rose (Pumakit), Angela-Dream Hagai, and Kissy Kat. throws Light plushies at them

Chapter III

Light stood quite still for a moment, taking in this new information. "Twolegs," she repeated thoughtfully.

The tom rolled his eyes. "Well, let's get goin' then," he meowed, standing up and stretching. "It's no good sittin' in a pile o' damp moss when ya have a long jurney ahead a yer."

"Okay," the she-kit replied, "I haven't introduced myself yet. I'm Light- what's your name?"

For once the loner looked a bit sad. "I don' reckon I haff one, missy. If I did, I don' rememba."

Light wondered how you would be able to forget your own name. What would other cats call you? But before she could ask, he got to his paws and had already started walking down the river at fast pace. "Come on, Ligh'," he called over his shoulder. "We gots ter go now!"

She leapt to her feet and hurried after him, astonished at how swiftly the old cat was moving. "Please tell me more about the clans. Did they have names like Light or Nellie?"

"Nellie?" he snorted. "Wha' kinda name is Nellie? Naah, they had a special way o' namin' their kin."

Light waited for him to go on. "So, what were they called, then?" she prompted.

"Da kits were named by dere mum. Da mum always chose the first half of the name- like Ligh'," he nodded towards her, "and da second half o' a kit's name wudd be 'kit'. You wudd be Ligh'kit. Like I said, at six moons o' age, dey would become apprentices. As soon as dey were apprentices, da second haff o' dere name would become 'paw'. You wudd be Ligh'paw. An' when dey become a warrior, once dey learned enough, da second haff would change to something special. You cudd be Ligh'heart, Ligh'tail, Ligh'whisker, Ligh'pool, or anything yur leader could think o'. It was yur leader who gave ya yur warrior name. You wudd keep dat name da res' o' yur life, unless you yourself became a leader. Then you wudd be Ligh'star."

Light was fascinated. "What were other cats' names like?"

"A couple o' famous leaders were Leopardstar, Blackstar, Onestar, and Firestar," replied the loner, his murky green eyes flashing slightly.

"And their… 'warrior' names?"

"Leopardfur, Blackfoot, Onewhisker, and Fireheart."

"And they really… they really were raised in the Clans since they were kits? Which Clans were they leaders of? Did they always live together?" the she-kit asked insistently.

The tom's ears twitched, as if he was holding back something. "Well, Leopardstar wuz leader o' RiverClan. Blackstar o' ShadowClan, Onestar o' WindClan, an' Firestar o' ThunderClan. All o' dem were born inter da Clans, 'cept Firestar. He wuz born a kittypet, but the leader o' ThunderClan before 'im, Bluestar, took 'im in. Nobody remembers why. He had an enemy in 'is own Clan, name o' Tigerclaw. Tigerclaw wuz ambitious, and killed the former deputy, Redtail. He said tha' an enemy RiverClan warrior had killed him. Firs' a cat called Lionheart became deputy, but he didn' las' long. Tigerclaw became deputy, and tried ter kill Bluestar with a trap by a Thunderpath, but Firestar's own apprentice wandered into it. Her name wuz Cinderpelt, and her leg wuz broken beyon' help. She had ter spend her life as a medicine cat, instead o' a warrior. Anyway, Firestar suspected Tigerclaw, but Bluestar didn' believe 'im. Eventually, Tigerclaw tried ter kill Bluestar, but Firestar saved her, and Tigerclaw wuz exiled. Later, it turned out he had become leader o' ShadowClan."

"No way! Why would ShadowClan accept him?"

"ShadowClan had gone through a terrible sickness, and they didn' know bout the stuff he got up to. He was a strong leader, and that wuz what they needed. The newly named Tigerstar tried ter set a dog pack on ThunderClan, and brought an evil cat called Scourge from the city ter the forest. Scourge killed Tigerstar, and nearly took over the fores', but Firestar stopped 'im."

Light stared at the loner, mystified. "Wow! What happened to Firestar?"

Again the tom didn't seem to hear her. "Look, it's late out. We got ter stop and bed down for da night."

Soon they found a large pine tree with a burrow at its roots. Light's companion immediately flopped down and began to snore, but the adventurous kit's curiosity wasn't satisfied. She crawled out of the hole, sprang up the tree, and sat on a low branch, staring out at the river, and thinking.

The stars had begun to sparkle, and Light stared up at them. Was that where 'StarClan', the ancient Clans' warriors' ancestors, walked? Were they still there? She began to doze off, her bright green eyes flickering.

Light was standing at a glittering pool filled with stars. She felt strangely at peace, and suddenly realized she wasn't alone. She glanced up and saw a slim, rather familiar she-cat, whose eyes were as bright a green as her own. The new she-cat was a tortoiseshell. Light stared at her in wonder, and the older cat began to speak. "You are welcome here, Light. We are your family."

The tiny she-kit stared around as suddenly a crowd of cats, all with starry fur, bounded up to her. One was a gray she-kit; another was a gray tom with white patches in his fur, and yet another was a second tortoiseshell cat. Suddenly the crowd of cats parted, and one huge brown tabby, a tom, sat at the banks of the pond. His amber gaze bore into her…

Author's Note: Aren't I so nice to you? I decided to slip in the dream to add suspense so this wouldn't be a boring chapter about the heroic Firestar XD Sorry if our friend the loner's accent changes, I keep forgetting what it sounds like. Oh, I slipped in a few hints in this chapter about the loner and who Light is descended from. I'm already planning the chapter where Light meets the first kit of KitClan...

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